8)How many gifts are given in total in the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ (Answer: 364)

9)Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of which country? (Answer: Australia)

10)In what country, the world’s seventh largest by geographical area, is Christmas known as ‘Bada Din’ (the big day)? (Answer: India)

11)Marzipan is traditionally made from sugar, flour and which nut? (Answer: Almond)

12)Who composed the music known as The Nutcracker Suite, for the Christmas themed ballet ‘The Nutcracker’, premiered in St Petersburg 1892? (Extra points for correct spelling!) (Answer: Tchaikovsky)

Additional Questions

1)While in space on December 16th 1965 the following report was sent to Mission Control: “We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in Polar orbit ... I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit....”What song did they then start playing and on what instrument? (Answer: Jingle Bells on the Harmonica)